Tag: HomeAway

Concerned tech leaders pen amicable yet stern letter on KCMO’s proposed Airbnb, Homeaway rules

By Tommy Felts / May 12, 2017

An advocacy group representing the area tech industry has offered a series of concerns on how the City of Kansas City, Mo., could regulate home-sharing services like Airbnb or Homeaway. In a letter to the Kansas City Council regarding proposed regulations on homesharing, the KC Tech Council said the area now has an opportunity to…

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Kansas City Airbnb hosts may face fees with proposed rules

By Tommy Felts / February 14, 2017

One year after a public meeting to cull input on “short-term stay” rules in Kansas City, officials have released a proposed ordinance on how Airbnb hosts can operate. The proposal would require that Airbnb and HomeAway hosts in Kansas City, Mo. register and pay annual registration fees for short-term renting of their property, which is…

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Austin’s ‘hostile attitude’ toward innovation, startup hub trends

By Tommy Felts / March 3, 2016

Here’s this week’s dish on lesson’s learned from Austin’s “hostile attitude” toward innovation, booming non-Silicon Valley startup hubs and what startups can do for the future workforce. Check out more in this series here. AustinInno: Austin just scared off 1 of its ‘biggest supporters’ in Silicon Valley The Austin, Texas City Council’s recent decision to…

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Brown: ‘Most entrepreneurial city’ should act like it with Airbnb regulations

By Tommy Felts / February 25, 2016

Editor’s note: Kansas City is mulling regulations that would affect the operations of more than 300 “home-sharing” properties in the area. The proposed regulations would impose a $600 permitting fee and a host of other stipulations on hosts of Airbnb, VRBO and other similar services.  New technology brings promises of a better future. But it…

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